Brothers arrested following standoff at U.S.-Canada border released from custody — after 'stupid' plan revealed

Bailey and Damien Roy were arrested last year at the U.S.-Canada border. (Obtained by the New York Daily News)

These brothers hoped to drive from Canada to Mexico without license plates or legal documentation, but did not get very far.

Bailey and Damien Roy were arrested following a bizarre six-hour standoff at the U.S.-Canada border in October. They were released from custody this month after a terrorist hoax charge was dropped, according to CBC News.

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Their ambitious plan included filling 21 jugs with gasoline and placing them in the 1967 Buick Skylark that they purchased one day before their arrest, according to Crown prosecutor Brian Munn. The prosecutor read details of the brothers' plan in court, according to CBC News.

Damien Roy, 22, and Bailey, 21, hoped to avoid gas stations as well as border agents, but immediately ran into trouble at a checkpoint in the province of New Brunswick as they tried to cross into Maine.

They "froze" at the checkpoint, according to Munn, and would not speak with officers.

Agents backed off after seeing the jugs of gas in their vehicle. The crossing was shut down for 12 hours, according to CBC News.

The Roy brothers were eventually arrested by U.S. border officials. Investigators found that the Roys, from the Halifax area, had no political motivations, and the Crown recommended a sentence of time served for obstruction.